Romania vs Canada: International Soccer Friendly Odds, Prediction
Canada enter their final stages of World Cup preparation after falling to Guatemala on penalties last time out in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-final three months ago, snapping a six-match unbeaten streak. Pegged at No. 48 on the FIFA World Rankings, Romania look to build on a 2-0 victory over Cyprus in World Cup qualifying during the June international window and ride a five-match win streak on home turf across all competitions heading into Friday’s contest.
Canada finds themselves trailing as +185 underdogs on Friday’s soccer three-way odds. Romania lead the way as slender +130 favourites and the odds of Friday’s matchup ending in a draw after 90 minutes sit at +240, while -120 odds favour the total going UNDER 2.5.
Romania vs Canada Betting Analysis
Friday afternoon’s international friendly matchup marks the first ever meeting between these sides. Team Canada travel to Bucharest looking to get past their recent Gold Cup loss and hoping to avoid consecutive defeats for the first time since last year’s Copa America. The Canadians have largely fared well when playing out Canada, compiling a 4-2-2 win-draw-loss record over their past eight across all competitions. The Canucks have also kept clean sheets in three of their past five overall and avoided surrendering more than a single goal inside 90 minutes in each of their past seven outings.
Romania kept their World Cup hopes alive with their recent victory over Cyprus and will be highly motivated to maintain that momentum ahead of next month’s must-win qualifier versus Austria. The Tricolours have regularly filled the net during their current 8-0-2 run across all competitions, scoring at least three goals in six of those eight victories. However, Romania has struggled against opponents ranked among the top 30 in the FIFA rankings, winning just two of their past seven.
Romania
The spotlight will be on Romania’s Nicolae Stanciu in Friday’s contest. The veteran Genoa midfielder is looked to as the leader on this squad, and while he is not the Tricolour’s most prolific goalscorer, potting just one goal in his past four caps, his playmaking skills are key to the Romania offence.
Indeed, the Romanians tend to generate offence by committee, with seven different shooters finding the target over their past three matches. However, Florin Tanase has remained a consistent threat, scoring in his past two outings and sports attractive +290 odds to make it three in a row on Friday.
Canada
Canada’s head coach Jesse Marsch is not taking the national side’s upcoming friendlies lightly after seeing his squad stumble in their Gold Cup loss to Guatemala. Once again, the 28th-ranked Reds will lean heavily on Jonathan David to spark the offence in this key matchup. The Juventus forward has opened the scoring in each of the side’s past two matches and is steadily swinging into form in his Juve debut, bulging the twine in two of the past three matches. Not surprisingly, David leads all players on the goalscorer odds as a +185 bet to score anytime and a +525 bet to once again score the first goal of the match.
Canada remains without captain Alphonso Davies, who continues to recover from a knee injury. Other notables joining him in the clinic include defenders Moise Bombito and Alistair Johnston, winger Liam Millar and forward Daniel Jebbison.
Prediction: Canada 1, Romania 1
